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Exogenous Reinfection with Tuberculosis on a European Island with a Moderate Incidence of Disease
1 Mar 2001
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The frequency and determinants of exogenous reinfection and of endogenous reactivation of tuberculosis in patients previously treated are poorly understood. In Gran Canaria Island, Spain, between 1991 and 1996, 962 tuberculosis cases were confirmed by culture. Drug susceptibility testing was performed on available bacterial isolates and IS6110-based RFLP genotyping was carried out. Twenty-three patients (2.4%)...
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